Friday, 10 April 2015

Storifying my guest appearance on #UKMGchat: All About Dual Narratives

On 9 April, I guested on the vociferous #UKMGchat, a twitter chat group devoted to middle grade in the United Kingdom. Here's a recap of our night of tweeting (you might have to wait for the embedded tweet images to show up):

I didn't spot this question so I will answer this here - a dual narrative only works if the reader wants to read both stories. I have read dual books and skipped one voice because I didn't see the point of the other. There has to be a point to using the dual narrative structure.

Although I don't think the independent stories that weave through Shine count as part of a multiple narrative because they are only small components of one storyline and do not carry on through out the book.

Melvin Burgess critted Tall Story early on and told me to write their names in big letters on each chapter. @miriamhcraig#ukmgchat
— Candy Gourlay (@candygourlay) April 9, 2015